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For the Italians, it was an indication of decline that was confirmed by their ignominious results in Europe later that same year.

The club also signed Zinedine Zidane, who became another important element of the team, which went on to achieve two 4th- and a 7th-place finish over the next three seasons, Lizarazu contributing 101 appearances and 15 goals. It would take a few years and Carlo Ancelotti to return the Italians to the top of European football, with two Champions League titles in three finals between 2003 and 2007.Having endured a miserable domestic season in 1995/96, there would be no European campaign for Bordeaux the next season.

Bordeaux couldn’t repeat the heroics of two months earlier as Bayern brushed them aside with a 3-1 win on French soil in the second leg to seal a 5-1 aggregate victory.For both AC Milan and Bordeaux, it would prove to be something of an end of an era. Milan were on their way to lifting yet another Scudetto and were hoping to add another piece of European silverware to the trophy cabinet.Bordeaux had reached the last-eight the hard way, winning the Intertoto Cup just for the right to make it to the first-round proper. “The Milanese were very relaxed and they didn’t really warm-up. He also tasted Champions League success at Real Madrid in 2002, Lizarazu having claimed the same title at Bayern Munich a year earlier.Dugarry couldn’t match the achievements of his teammates as his time at Milan ended after a year, before a brief and unsuccessful stint at Barcelona. In front of a passionate home crowd at the Parc Lescure, an early goal suggested that there could later be unlikely cause to uncork a few bottles in celebration. If Ajax had punctured Milan’s aura of invincibility in 1995, Bordeaux completely destroyed it in 1996. Dugarry came through the youth ranks at Bordeaux alongside future France teammates Bixente Lizarazu and Zinedine Zidane.

Dugarry left for Milan, Zidane joined Juventus, and Lizarazu headed for Athletic Club.Zidane would, of course, go on to legend, scoring twice in France’s World Cup final victory two years later, a match that Lizarazu also started, while Dugarry appeared as a second-half substitute. We tried to use this as motivation to believe we can get a result, but we knew it would be hard.“Nobody expected us to qualify for the semi-finals, never mind to play in the final against Bayern Munich. Richard Witschge’s late miss looked like it would prove costly for the visitors.Bordeaux’s prospects hardly improved when Milan fielded an equally strong side for the second leg. Dugarry had peeled away to the right and Zidane slipped the ball through for the striker to smash a thunderous shot into the roof of the net from 16 yards.There was a nervy final 20 minutes for fans in south-west France to endure, but they managed to hold off anything Weah et al could throw at them to seal a famous victory.Bordeaux did have the magic of Zidane, the inexhaustible energy of Lizarazu and the inspired Dugarry, but on paper they were no match for Fabio Capello’s men. Ominously for Bordeaux, Lokomotiv still lost the tie on away goals, the 3-1 win in Germany proving futile as Milan had won the first leg 2-0.For the second leg, Bordeaux lined up against their Italian opponents in their claret away kit, a nod to the red wine that the city was famous for. “We liked the scenario.”Dugarry and a young Zidane, 24, already had a reputation for flair and flamboyance, and in the short space of six minutes the pair combined to set up some extraordinary scenes in the stands.Dugarry made it 2-0 on the night in the 64th minute, but the most spectacular goal was the third on 70 when Zidane battled in midfield to create the opportunity for Dugarry, who fired into the opposite top corner from the edge of the box.“When you play football, you imagine moments like this. The odds were, therefore, stacked in Milan’s favour when the draw for the 1996 UEFA Cup quarter-final was made.Bordeaux would be the Italians’ second French opponents of the campaign, having eased past Strasbourg in the second round.

The ability of Fabio Capello’s side in 1996 was enormous – similar to Barcelona today, they were However, their terrific European campaign confirmed the talent and potential of the team. It had indeed been a very un-Milan-like goal to concede, with Panucci beaten by Lizarazu before Baresi’s misjudgement allowed Tholot the space to score.The atmosphere then reached fever pitch when Dugarry levelled things up in the 64th-minute. [ citation needed ] In summer 1995, Bordeaux won the Intertoto Cup to qualify for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup.